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Drawing on best practices across the public sector, the Government Communication Service (GCS) have created a package of practical tools and templates for communication professionals showing how to plan, develop and implement an effective response during a crisis. Their GCS PRIMER framework for crisis communications provides helpful tools, organised across six critical stages: Plan, Rehearse, Implement, Maintain, Evaluate, Recover.
Preparing Scotland is a set of national guidance documents to assist Scotland in planning, responding and recovering from emergencies. The purpose of this guidance is to provide a practical tool to assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of exercises.
JESIP’s (the Joint Emergency Service Interoperability Programme) Testing & Exercising page provides a range of resources including an Exercise Assurance Framework, an Umpire Evaluation Sheet and a Multi-Agency Debrief Template.
Exercise in a Box is a free resource which helps organisations find out how resilient they are to cyber attacks and practise their response.
The National Cyber Security Centre’s website provides advice and guidance, including on planning cyber exercises.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is a federal agency which helps the United States respond to and recover from disasters.
